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This duologue from The Dog It Was That Died has an approximate duration of 00:05:00.

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"The Onion Theory" was written by Tom Stoppard, from The Dog It Was That Died.

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The Onion Theory

from The Dog It Was That Died

Written by Tom Stoppard

Purvis, a long-term double agent, confesses to his superior Blair that he has completely lost track of which side he was originally working for. Through a series of increasingly complex logical loops, he describes the existential crisis of a man who has lived so many lies that his true identity has vanished like the layers of an onion.

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PURVIS: No, it isn't really like that, except that when you try to remember back, both ways sound equally right. I'm going back thirty-five years now, when I was still being run by Gell, or Rashnikov. Now Gell is dead and Rashnikov is probably dead too. They set me going between them like one of tho

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espionage identity crisis betrayal existentialism absurdist